Bedstead-brace



- (No Modl.)

S. R. PAYNE.

BEDSTEAD BRAGE. I No. 531,641. Patented Jan. 1, 1895.

warns L ATENT t niest BEDSTEAD-BRACE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 531,641, dated January1, 1895.

Application filed June 21, 1 894. Serial No. 515,269. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Ron PAYNE; a citizen of the United States,residing at Riddleton, in'the county of Smith, State of Tennessee, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedstead-Braces; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.-

This invention relates generally to beds and particularly to an improvedmeans for bracing or staying the frame thereof.

The object of the invention is to provide a device that shall be cheapand simple, easily applied and quickly operated.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction of'the several partsand their novel combination or arrangement, all of which will be clearlyset forth in the description and pointed out in the claim. I

In the drawings hereto annexed and forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a bottom plan View. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of thecasting, and twisting device. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the casting.Fig. 4 is a de tail view of the twisting shaft.

In the drawings I have shown an ordinary bedstead comprising the headand foot boards and side rails, said head and foot boards being providedwith the usual legs or end posts. A hook or pin A is secured in each endpost and adjacent thereto are the staples B B driven into the side railsas shown. The brace wires 0 O are attached to the hooks or pins A passedthrough the staples B B and extend diagonally across, the bed framecrossing each other at the center.

At the center of the frame and resting under the stay wires upon hooks,wires or slats is the casting piece D which has a peripheral flange dand a central web or plate d thus providing the upper and lower recessesd and d Radial slits E E are produced in the upper edges of theperipheral flange said slits being provided to receive the wires 0 C andthus prevent the casting turning thereon when I so formed with a seriesof ratchet teeth F. and in the center of the web or central plate is anaperture G having enlargement g at each side thereof.

For the purpose of tightening the wires I employ a winding shaft I-Ihaving diagonal slits h to receive the Wires when they cross each otherat the center. This shaft H is made rigid with a circular disk I whichrests in the lower recess while the shaft passes through the centralopening G said shaft being provided with lateral studs h which passthrough the enlargement g and rest on top the central plate or Web thussecuring the shaft and its disk within the central casting and holding alever K attached to the disk in contact with the ratchet teeth under theperipheral flange.

In operation the parts are assembledas shown and described and totighten the brace wires the hand lever is moved around in the directionof the arrow twisting the wires when they meet. so that the ends andsides are bound tightly together. The lever as it is moved around issecurely held by the ratchet teeth and on account of the central plateor web and the lateral studs this lever is always in engagement withsaid teeth and the wires can be tightened, step by step as needed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The combination with the end and foot boards and side rails of abedstead, of the end posts thereto, the hooks A, secured in said endpost, the staples B, attached to the side rails near the end post, thebrace wire G, fastened at each end to the hooks A, passing through thestaples B, crossing each other at the center, the casting piece D,having a peripheral flange d, and a central web d pro viding upper andlower recesses d ,'and 01 the upper edges of the peripheral flange beingslitted as at E, and the lower edges being ratcheted as shown at F, thecentral web having an aperture G, with enlargement g, at each sidethereof, and winding shaft H, passing through said opening andprovidedat its upper end with diagonal slits h, to receive the wires when theycross each other at the center after being passed through the slits Ethe In testimony whereef I affix my signature in lateral studs h carriedby the shaft H, the presence of two Witnesses.

disk I, attached to the lower end of the shaft T and adapted to rest; inthe lower recess d SAMUEL ROE LAXNE' 5 and the hand lever K, attached tosaid disks \Vitnesses:

I, and adapted to engage with the ratchet II. M. IIALE,

teeth F, substantially as shown and described. JULIAN FISHER.

